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Constable Ajay Singh Pathania and Constable Roop Singh were at the Embassy of India, Kabul in Afghanistan. On 7th July, 2008 Ct/GD Roop Singh was manning the barrier of the Main gate of the Embassy while Constable Ajay Singh Pathania was on sentry duty at the Main Gate. At 0830 hours, a Land rover vehicle carrying the defence attaché Brig R.D.Mehta and Counsellor Shri V. Venkateshwara Rao approached the gate. Ct Ajay Singh Pathania spotted a white Toyota Corolla directly behind the Land rover was suspicious. Ct Ajay Singh Pathania shouted at Ct Roop Singh not to lift the anti bomb hexa barrier.
Ct Roop Singh reacted and did not lift the barrier. Within a second, the Toyota Corolla ranmed into the Land rover resulting in a huge explosion, causing the death of Defence attaché and counsellor. Both
Ct Roop Singh and Ajay Singh Pathania were also killed on the spot. Without caring for their lives, they prevented the tailing vehicle from entering the Embassy compound saving lives of the other Embassy staff.
Ct Ajay Singh Pathania and Ct Roop Singh displayed extreme courage and valour, dedication and devotion to duty, motivation and determination, averted a major disaster inside the Indian Embassy at Kabul and gave the supreme sacrifice protecting the honour and sovereignty of the Nation. Both were
awarded Kirti Chakra Posthumously for the year-2008.